Improvement in butter worker and packer



C. F. BARAGER.

Butter Worker.

No. 58,971. Patented Oct. 23, 1866.

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f mwa w CHARLES F. BARAGER, OF CANDOR, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER WORKER AND PACKER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58.971, dated (letoln-r 23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Units. F. Blinks-nu, of Oandor, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented a new and hit proved Butter Worker and Packer; and I. do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nature, construction, and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are made a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the butterworker. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the arrangement for packing butter.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several tigures.

This invention relates to an apparatus which is employed'ibr working and packing butter, the former operation being necessary in order to remove the buttermilk at'ter churning, and the latter being done so as to compress and give the requisite solidity to the butter.

The invention consists, principally, in the arrangement, in connection with the butterworking bowl and packer, of a slotted lever, which is connected by means of a universal joint, said lever enabling the operator to work the ladle around with great power, and adjust it so as to operate in all parts of the bowl; and after the lmtter-working operation has been completed, the same lever is brought into requsition for operating the plunger, whereby the butter is packed, all as will be hereinafter fully explained.

In order that others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and use the same, 1 will proceed to describe it in detail in connection with the accompanying drawings.

A represents a stool, which. supports the bowl B, in which the butter is worked by the ladle (J. D is a lever, formed with a longitudinal slot, d, which embraces the flattened portion of the handle 0 of the ladle U. The lever D has its end inserted in the annular bearing E, which is jointed to the swivel F, the latter being supported upon the spindle G, which is secured in a lag, II.

The bearing E and swivel F constitute a universal joint, which permits the lever D to be worked in any desired direction, so that the ladle C may be moved up and downand crosswise within the bowl 1. The end of the lever D is grasped with one hand and the bandle U with the other, and as the operation. progresses the handle of the ladle U may be adjusted in the slot (l, in order to bring the ladle in the most favorable positions for acting upon the butter.

The convex or working face of the ladle G creased or corrugated, as shown at e, the effect of which is to cause the ladle to form creases or grooves in the butter simultaneously with its compressing action thereon, and thus the buttermilk, which is expressed by the action of the ladle, is provided with channels wherein it is conducted toward the bottom of the bowl ll, where a hole is provided to permit the buttermilk to be drawn ott' when a quantity has collected.

A stop-pin, d, on the lever 1) bears against a pin, (1, on the bearing E, and holds the lever against rotation when the corrugated face of the ladle is brought into action, thus relieving the hand il'Ulll the strain to which it would otherwise be subjected.

The vessel 1, in which the butter is packed, is supported on a small platlornnl, which may be set upon the lower round of the stool A, to prevent the latter from tilting when the packer J is forced down upon the butter.

Alter the butter working operation has been completed, the butter is transferred to the vessel l, the lever l) is swung around from over the stool A, and the stem of the packer J is inserted into the slot (1 of the lever 1), and held therein by the pin j. The packer is then forced down by means of the lover I), and compresses 'the butter in the vessel 1. The series of holes in the stem of the packer permit the latter to be adjusted vertically by the pinj, to suit the quantity of butter in the vessel 1, or the distance of the same from the pivoted point of the lever.

I will here state that the corrugated or creased ladle D not only induces the flowing ot' the buttermilk toward its point of discharge in the bowl B, but leaves the butter in exeellenteomlition tereeeive the salt and per adapted to admit of the attachment of the wit the same to be thoroughly worked in. ladle O and packer J, and the whole operating Having thus described my invention, the substantially as described.

following is what I claim as new and desire to 1 x )1 secure h; Letters Patent-- (HA5 LALAGER" The arrangement of the bowl B, vessel I,

and slotted lever 1) with the universal joint E F and steppin (We, snhl lever 1) being Witnesses T. S. N ()RTII, EDWARD S. Ester. 

